Argentina

Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 18:50 UTC
The grueling three-country Dakar Rally takes off from Mar del Plata to Lima

The 33 edition of the Dakar Rally got off to a symbolic start on Saturday ahead of a 15-day race that will take 466 registered competitors from Argentina through Chile to a finish in Lima, Peru.
Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 18:43 UTC
A Malvinas war veteran dies in an attempt to cross to the Falklands in a kayak

A Malvinas war veteran drowned in an attempt to reach the Falkland Islands in a kayak from Ushuaia while his companion was rescued by an Argentine Navy patrol and is in hospital in a state of chock, reported the Buenos Aires press in the last day of 2011.
Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 03:18 UTC
Thatcher was warned about risks of Navy cuts a year before the Falklands conflict

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was warned about the risks in slashing Britain's navy, a year before the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, secret files released Friday showed.
Friday, December 30th 2011 - 21:55 UTC
Cristina Fernandez in Patagonia for New Year; Wednesday surgery

Argentine President Cristina Fernández left on Friday for Santa Cruz province to her home in El Calafate to spend the New Year celebrations with her son Máximo, daughter Florencia and other family members. Next Wednesday she is scheduled to undergo thyroid cancer surgery.
Friday, December 30th 2011 - 21:34 UTC
Buenos Aires City becomes 100% smoke-free in public places

The City of Buenos Aires put forth the steps to become 100% smoke-free, after amendments were made to the anti-tobacco laws, totally prohibiting the use of smoking areas in restaurants and bars in Argentina’s capital.
Friday, December 30th 2011 - 06:28 UTC
Argentine ambassador who ignores basic facts on the Falklands takes office in Washington

Ambassador Jorge Argüello arrived Thursday to Washington and immediately began activities as head of the Argentine embassy before the US with a first round of talks with members of his staff, according to a release from the embassy.
Friday, December 30th 2011 - 06:24 UTC
Lan Argentina protests barring of its operations from Buenos Aires metropolitan air terminal

Lan Chile airlines admitted on Thursday before the Chilean Securities and Exchange Commission that the decision by the Argentina’s Civil Aviation authority, ANAC, to revoke Lan Argentina flight authorizations to Brazil, Paraguay and Chile from Buenos Aires metropolitan airport Jorge Newbery “would not have a relevant financial impact for Lan Airlines at consolidated level
Friday, December 30th 2011 - 06:17 UTC
Organized labour relations with President Cristina Fernandez are ‘all suspended’

“There are no contacts at all of any kind with the government, they have been all suspended” said on Thursday the Deputy Secretary of the Argentine powerful teamsters union Pablo Moyano when asked about current relations between organized labour and the administration of President Cristina Fernandez.
Friday, December 30th 2011 - 06:07 UTC
Riots and institutional crisis in Cristina Fernandez Santa Cruz province

Argentine President Cristina Fernández had to postpone on Thursday plans to fly to Santa Cruz where she is planning to spend New Year’s Eve with her son and daughter, following an institutional crisis and street rioting that left at least 23 injured and the resignation of several top posts in the provincial administration.
Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 21:24 UTC
Falklands’ flagged vessels: “Another diplomatic victory for President Fernández”

In its latest article on Argentina The Economist refers to the recent Mercosur decision to support President Cristina Fernandez in barring vessels flying the Falklands’ flag from docking in regional ports.
The magazine as the heading says (Argentina and the Falklands: rocking the boat) describes it as another diplomatic victory for Cristina and also argues that both the Falkland Islands and Britain have failed to explain their case to the rest of South America.